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Description:
Obverse
On a map inspired by the Cantino World Map (1502) with the Newfoundland and the southern tip of Greenland, a whale, a compass and the coat of arms Portugal.Legend around, date on top.
Reverse
A ship, caravel with lateen sails, sailing left where is shown a map of the Terra do Lavrador, current Greenland, drawn from maps of the Universal Cosmography of Guillaume le Testu (1555). A Portuguese navigator Joao Fernandes Lavrador has likely been at the origin of the name Labrador. Below, dates of Portuguese explorations of the region.
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